Traveling bag, case, &amp;c.



No. 775,348. PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904. G. H. ANDERSON.

TRAVELING BAG, CASE, 8w.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1904.

NO MODEL. 2 g

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Patented November 22, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT EE cE.

(IL-\RLES HALL ANDERSON, OF YORK, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNALEXANDER COOK, OF GRANTHAM, ENGLAND.

TRAVELING BAG, CASE, &0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,343, dated November22, 1904.

Application filed February 2,1904. Serial No. 191,709. No model.)

like chiefly designed for use by commercial travelers for carryingsamples, but also ap- 1 plicable for use by other persons and for otherpurposes. the object of the said invention be ing to provide a bag,case, or the like wherein access can be readily had to any part of theside opened.

contents without disturbing or exposing other I parts.

A bag, case, or the like constructed according to my invention is of theordinary shape, but instead of opening at the center or on one side, asis usual, is adapted to open at both sides that is to say, each side ofthe bag is in the form of a lid capable of being independently opened.The inside of the bag or case is provided with a partition which issubstantially parallel with the lids, but which is made adjustablerelatively with the said lids, so that the relative depths of the twocompartments can be varied.

A suitable form of partition consists of a stitf frame covered withcanvas or other material fastened inside the bag with buckles and strapsor by other suitable means, so as to permit of adjustment, pockets beingformed upon one or both sides of this partition, if required, forcarrying small articles.

I sometimes make one or both sides or lids in two or more partsorsections, each of which is separately hinged and provided with anindependent lock, so that access can be obtained to any one portion ofthe bag without exposing the contents of other portions.

To enable the invention to be fully understood, I will describe it byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure L is a sideview of a traveling-bag made according to the invention. Fig. 2 is 3ends of the bag.

a transverse section of the bag, showing one Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection of the bag, and Fig. l: is a sectional plan view 5 illustratinga modified construction of the bag.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, a is the body of the bag, and l) 7) arethe two sides, each of which is, as shown, hinged at c at its lower end,so as to form a lid capable of being in- 55 dependently opened, asindicated in Fig. 2.

(Z is the partition which is provided in the bag and which is arrangedparallel with the sides I) Z). This partition is preferably made of astiff frame covered with a suitable material, 60 such as canvas, and itis fastened in position in the bag a. by means of the buckles w c,attached to its end, and which buckles are adapted to be secured tostraps ff, attached to the \Vith this construction it 5 will be clearthat the position of the partition inside the bag can be adjusted, thusenabling the two compartments of which it forms the bottom to have theirrelative capacities altered to suit requirements.

In the arrangement illustratedin Fig. 4: the lids are shown made in twoparts or sections 1/ g, each of which is separately hinged at it andprovided with an independent lock, so that access can be obtained to anyone portion of 75 the bag without exposing the contents of otherportions.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 30 I declarethat what 1 claim is In a traveling-bag, the combination with the mainbody open at both sides, of the parallel sides hinged to the main bodyand arranged to close the open portions thereof, a partition 5 arrangedwithin said main body parallel to said sides,and adjusting-st rapsconnecting said partition to the main body, substantially as de- Iscribed.

OH A RL ES H ALL ANDERSON.

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CHAS. (irILLIAnn, ALFRED STANLEY HOUGII'ION.

